GIS Solutions Engineer

City of West Hollywood • Santa Monica, CA

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

The City of West Hollywood is seeking a dynamic and innovative GIS Solutions Engineer to join our Finance and Technology Services Department. This role owns the City's full GIS portfolio spanning administration, development, solutions architecture, and analysis to advance the City's geospatial initiatives. You'll work hands-on with department stakeholders, vendors, and partners to design and execute solutions that meet real business and technical needs. You'll be the person turning spatial data into decisions city leaders and residents actually use. This position requires a versatile professional who can blend technical expertise with strong communication and project management skills to drive innovative GIS solutions for municipal challenges.

Requirements

• Expertise with Esri products, including administration and deployment of ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise (ArcGIS Server & Portal for ArcGIS), ArcGIS Online, and Field Maps.
• Hands-on expertise in designing and implementing advanced ArcGIS enterprise system solutions to address complex municipal challenges.
• Strong programming skills in Python, JavaScript, and SQL, with experience in scripting to automate ETL workflows, GIS tasks, and integrating GIS with other enterprise applications.
• Experience with administering and maintaining SQL Server enterprise geodatabases, including schema design, user permissions, indexing, performance tuning, data integrity controls, stored procedures, views, and support for published enterprise GIS services.
• Proficiency in web mapping technologies, such as ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript and Leaflet, with a strong understanding of UI/UX principles for designing intuitive, accessible, and user-centered GIS applications.
• Excel in project management processes, guiding projects from inception to completion while managing multiple priorities in a professional environment with engaged stakeholders.
• Conduct research and analysis to solve complex technical and administrative problems, making professional recommendations and proposing alternatives.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interpret and convey complex technical information to the public, executives, and both technical and non-technical staff.
• Collaborate effectively with various departments to understand their geospatial needs and create tailored solutions.
• Independent self-starter with excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in a related field; and, Three (3) to four (4) years of progressively responsible experience; or, Any combination of education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Tyler Energov/EP&L is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain the city's geospatial infrastructure, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Publish, document, and maintain authoritative GIS datasets and services across enterprise and web-based platforms, ensuring that data is accurate, discoverable, appropriately secured, and supported by clear metadata, data dictionaries, service descriptions, and update schedules.
• Develop custom GIS applications and tools to streamline city operations and improve service delivery.
• Conduct spatial analysis to support data-driven decision-making across city departments.
• Create high-quality maps and visualizations for both internal and public-facing applications.
• Stay current on Esri platform capabilities and broader geospatial technology trends, developing and maintaining a GIS technology roadmap that guides system architecture, application development, data management, integrations, modernization efforts, and long-term platform investment.
• Act as the City’s primary internal administrator for the Tyler Enterprise Permitting and Licensing platform.

Benefits

• Information Technology Division provides a centralized internal technical support to all departments and divisions in the City to enable the organization to meet its objectives by providing and promoting the use and understanding of technology.
• The City prides itself on strong core values: Respect and Support for People; Responsiveness to the Public; Idealism, Creativity, an d Innovation; Quality of Residential Life; Promotion of Economic Development; Public Safety; and Responsibility for the Environment – as well as being proactive in responding to the needs of its diverse community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level